Relief Group Sends Supplies

Read the original story.
Click the "LISTEN" button at the bottom of the page to hear the story.
When you are done, click the "NEXT" button.

Original Title:Area Relief Group Begins Shipping Supplies to Katrina Victims

A grass roots relief effort organized by four area businessmen hit the road early in 2006 has one of the group's relief semis filled with much-needed supplies began its journey toward hurricane-ravaged Louisiana.

Five days after Jeremy Gold, Al Gold, Efren Fuentes and Jim Meurer began a drive to collect donations of food, medicine and other essentials, Cali-4's first 53-foot semi-truck trailer loaded with hurricane relief supplies pulled out of Davis bound for the Gulf Coast.

Seven more trucks packed with Cali-4 supplies were expected to leave Davis after the first shipment.

The shipment comes after a week of collecting water, icemakers, non-perishable food, personal necessities and medical supplies in Davis, Folsom and Sacramento. The first 180,000 pounds of donated items were packed on 150 pallets and began their 32-hour drive to Baptist missionaries in Baton Rouge

From there, the supplies were distributed to victims across Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

"It's a disaster and everybody needs to jump in and help," said Cali-4 volunteer Chris Snow. The Davis real estate agent was one of hundreds of volunteers who spent several days sorting, packing and loading the donated items an area made available by a sod farm in South Davis.

(This story was provided by News10 Rewrite.)

You may not have everything you need to hear this story. Please enableJavascript or view our site requirements.